New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-12

of encouragement.
SMASH BROTHERS, SMASH WITH CARE.
1h,s entreaty is aimed straight at the baggage
smasber. who are to be on duty this lovely summer
~ 1887. IL is urged on behalf Of the TRAVELLING
r,,hlic tho thousands uIon thousands OF men ana
yomen and the youth OF both sexes who VIII
shortly be leaving town for seashorc or mountain
and who will be coming back to town In the fall
Give their trunks chance, good baggage smashers'
do not be too hard with their hat boxes. Ileu
no, dcsptefuly their valises. BE gentle even with
heir bird cages
SHAKESPEARE once remarked with Characteristic
fclcity-he generally talked that way
ro ,ovo n giont,s strength but II Is tyrannous
10 uso il Ike giant.
None OF the commentators call attention to the
fact but Il is doubtless true, nevertheless, that
tbcsc lines were wr7ng from the soul Of the great
dramaI st after he surveyed the wreck o, MS
trunk rs il WIS delivered TO him ut the Stratforu-
upon-Avon station fresh from the attentions OF
The local baggage smasher. Shakes care most likely
had bought the trunk new that season ana conn
dcntlv expccted that 1t would last him OF least
decade. The man who sold it possibly gave a
written guarantee OF its lasting ten years lin case
It is handled properly" But that Stra'ioTd-upon-
Avon baggage smasher handled it with sledSe
hammer crushed It with steam pile driver, rem
dered it pliabe by running il through a threshin
machine Shakespeare could not indeed swear that
I had b. en- treated that way. but he swore copous
~ that it looked as though II had. As soon rs ne
mad ritched the trunks remains into the vacant
lot behind his house he rushed To Tho baggage
smasher In extremely high dud;co demanding an
exnlanation and damages. But that oihchl' laush
ing cold, untceling laugh, pointed him TO the
notice hung all about the station, "All baggage oil
he risk OF the owner.
H. has been remarked To the shame OF orchestra
leaders that "they live by time and yet they
beat IT," A victim to the same paradoMcal In
gratitude the baggage man lives by baggage ana
vet he smashes II. IL Is earnestly submitted 10
the baggage smasher that reform is necessary
The world has right to believe that The coming
man in case he turns his attention to baggage VIII
not smash at all lie Will act toward the trunks,
valises and other things for which the checks
call. the part Of gallant knight bent upon pro-
tecting them from harm. This summer Is good
time to naugurate the reform. 1t Is high time
That the baggage smasher rose from the state of
sayagery and yielded himself to civiliznS iniu.
cnces Let him no longer deny to baggage IT'S
nalicnable right of being handled carefully.
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Tie belief that little Magdalena Zorn WIS MUIR
dered has been growing steadily but the stupidity
of the local police seems TO have entrenched Itself
behind the theory OF natural DEATH as involving
The least possible trouble. A reward having been
offered for the discovery of tho truth,
thero Is now some prospect that better
Trained Diet eetives will undertake the investigation
hough so much has already been done TO defeat
inquiry, such as burying the body without
proper AUTOPSY, that direct evidence In several
important respects is perhaps no longer attainable
II IL is murder the Is so atrocious that no
effort should be spared to arrive at a solution of
the mystery.
The Philadelphia Times expresses the opinion
that Governor Hill of NoS-Yorlx has justified
popular expectation by vetoing the Vedder liquor
tax bin This Is the first tino that heard
rum alluded to as popular expectation.
Let us see This years graduating class at
vassar pronounced in favor of giving the alumne
Of that Institution representation the
board Of trustees The request Is reasonable
one. but suppose 1t Is granted, what then WIN
any yaasar graduate be found who win be willing